Stargazers will be treated to a rare seven-planet alignment in February. This is what scientists hope to learn.

However, this year a powerful new telescope is coming online that could prove once and for all that there really is a ninth planet in our Solar System. The same year that Pluto was ignominiously ...

upending previous theories of how planets are formed and structured and giving scientists a tempting window into the otherworldly diversity of planets beyond our Solar System. Enaiposha, discovered in ...

All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – ...

The planetary parade in February 2025 will see five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn ...

These embryos, somewhere between small planetesimals and fully formed planets, were abundant during the solar system's formative stages and played a critical role in planetary formation.

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

It is the fastest wind ever measured in a jet stream that goes around a planet. In comparison, the fastest wind ever measured in the solar system was found on Neptune, moving at "only" 0.5 km per ...

It is the fastest wind ever measured in a jetstream that goes around a planet. In comparison, the fastest wind ever measured in the Solar System was found on Neptune, moving at 'only' 0.5 km per ...